Thread: Picked up some GT 40 P heads

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

looks like some good cruizin' rpm to me!!!! Had 4.56's in my '83 for awhile, with a 3 pedal 5 speed car it works just fine!!!! Heck, used to play on the street with the Mighty Mav with 6.50's on a spool with a Windsor and my trusty old Nash 5 speed!!!!! Absolutely the most fun you can have with yer clothes on!!!!!

Yeah, I don't know what rear gears I'll end up with yet. Depends on what kinda deals I find out there but while I want some performance on the low end, I want to at least have a shot at some ok mpg's when highway cruisin'.

Yes great stuff definitely going to talk to him once I figure out what the bottom end will be . If this block is a C9 neighbor said he see's it I haven't put my eye to it totally yet but it doe's look like it . Some cleaning and a little rust dabbing I will bring it out . . But should have 9.5 compression If it is a C9 .

These heads and that compression will make a great street engine , driveable with some performance .

Now I just need Dave here a few days to help me sheet metal it

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Now I just need Dave here a few days to help me sheet metal it

Well, the Plymouth will be on the rotissierie sometime this week, depending on how long it takes my crippled old body to get the tin work done.... I can be had, but I ain't no cheap date!!!!! Somebody has to furnish the coffee and donuts on house calls!!!!!

Oh Ya It will run Good on the HighWay

Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread, Bobby. Hopefully, this will be useful info for you.
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Randy not hi jacking improving is what I call it . Jay is at sbftech alot been sitting there reading a lot seems he sets up a lot of engines for what you want .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread, Bobby. Hopefully, this will be useful info for you.
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Randy not hi jacking improving is what I call it . Jay is at sbftech alot been sitting there reading a lot seems he sets up a lot of engines for what you want .

I've followed some of Jay's cam thoughts on SBF's for some time. Seems to know his stuff, and has the performance numbers on engines to back it up vs. just somebody just looking at specs and thinking they have a better idea!!!!!!

Let use know how it works out when you get it Running .

Best part about the 5 speeds, gives you some choice in the final gear.... That's why I like using a 9" rear, not all that spendy to set up a couple extra rear carriers. Kind of like having a "Hallmark" drivetrain.....you can have a gear ratio for any occasion....

With my old Doug Nash tranny, really easy to change gear ratio's around, too. When I want to go draggin', can make 5th gear be a 1:1, for cruizin' and traveling, can make it an overdrive.... Then add a couple extra rear gear sets....I want to get a Gearvendors behind a five speed one of these days.....

Hey, if you like the looks of an EFI in the '37 then it ain't out of place!!!!! Some really good looking add on components for the SBF EFI engines, too!!!!!

For those of you who are running SBF's, Camshaft Innovations is a wealth of information on heads and cams!!!! Good place to have a cam custom built, too.

http://www.camshaftinnovations.com/

Should be a dandy combination for the street. Lotsa hp and lumpy sounding too. I have the P heads, B303 cam 1.72 rockers with port and polish in a standard bore with flat top slugs zero deck. It pleases me.

A porting site I will use with my extra p heads is here. http://www.diyporting.com/gtpex.html

and some of my projects here. http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/w2zero/

W2 I had lost this thanks for the re post .

I'm glad I found it since I overported my original set of p's on the exhaust side. Not that it makes a heck of a lot of difference for my purposes.

Yeah from the reading they flow real good out the box .

I polished the combustion chambers the exhaust runners to a mirror finish to reject heat. Likewise the valve faces and backs. Maybe if I make some cash from my intake fabrications I can afford aluminum heads one day.